Improvement in sleigh-bells



TED STATES PATENT OEEIG.

LEWIS J. ATWOOD, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLElGH-BELLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l74,65l, dated March 14, 1876; application filed November 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS J. ATwooD, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented an Im provement in Sleigh-Bells, of which the following is a specification:

Sleigh-bells have been made of two sheetmetal sections or shells, stamped up and put together. Toy bells of this character have had a iiange upon one portion, that has been turned or closed over a flange around the other portion after the jingle has been put in; and in cases where sleigh-bells have been made of sonorous metal, the thickness of the metal and its hardness have rendered it difficult to close in this flange neatly, especiallyif the bell is otherwise-finished before placing the shells together. In other instances the shells have been soldered together; but this has to be done before the shells are finished, and it is liable to interfere with their sound.

My invent-ion is made for the purpose of avoiding the difficulties before named; and consists in a sleigh-bell made of two shells of hard sonorous sheet metal, stamped up and having a narrow rim around the edge of' each, and united by a ring that is closed around these rims and tightly holds the parts of the bell together. I

By this construction the shells of the bell can be iliade of sheet metal of any desired thickness and hardness, so as to obtain the desired strength and sonorousness, and the -the shell that is riveted to the strap can be attached thereto before the bell is put together, thereby greatly facilitating the attachment and finishing of the bell.

. In the drawing, Figure 1 is a section of the two bell-shells detached. Fig. 2is a section of the ring separately. Fig. 8 is a rear view of a portion ofthe back shell, and Fig. 4 is a section of the bell complete.

-The back shell a is stamped up from a blank of' sheet metal, and formed with a rim, 1. The front shell b is similarly formed with arim, 2. Into the back shell a is inserted a base-piece, c, having a head within the shell and a body that projects through an oblong hole in said shell, and terminates with points, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. This base-piece c has a central hole for a. rivet, clthlat attaches the bell to the strap. The points or roughened surface of this base prevents the bell turning or becoming loose upon the strap.v This base c may be soldered to the shell a. The shells a and b are made with openings, slots, or tongues, as usual in sleigh-bells, and these shells are to be nished by plating, burnishing, or otherwise, before being put together..

The ring t' is adapted to being placed around the rims 1 and 2, and its edges bent or closed over such rims, so as to hold them firmly together, and when 'this is done by a suitable die and press, the sound of the bell will be clear and free from the dull heavy sound that often results from other modes of manufacture.

I claim as my invention- The sleigh-bell made of two shells with rims, secured together by a separate ring bent over or closed around such rim, as specified.

Signed by. me this 18th day of November, A. D. 1875.

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, CHAs. H. SMITH. 

